St. Mary's County MD Archives Wills.....Lydia REEVES, May 5, 1795
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Written: May 5, 1795
Recorded: August 10, 1795

St. Mary’s County, Maryland
Will Book JJ2, Page 129

In the name of God, amen, I Lydia Reeves of Saint Mary’s County in the State 
of Maryland, being Sick & weak of body, but of Sound and disposing mind memory 
& understanding, do make ordain, publish & declare this to be my last will & 
Testament, in manner & form following.  I recommend my Soul into the hands of 
almighty God, & my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the 
discretion of my Executor herein after named, & after my Just debts are paid, 
I give & devise what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with in 
manner & form following, that is to Say ~ Item I give & bequeath unto my 
Sister Sarah Edwards my largest Trunk, with the wearing apparel it now 
contains, also I give to my Sister Sarah Edwards my Silver Buckles, all the 
remaining part of my Estate of ever kind whatever, I give to my Sister 
Elizabeth Mills wife of John Mills Senr and Lastly I do hereby Constitute & 
appoint John Mills Senr. my whole Executor of this my last will & Testament, 
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed my Seal this fifth 
day of May anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred & ninety five ~
Signed Sealed published & declared by the Testator   }      her
as & for her last will & Testament in presents of us } Lydia(x)Reeves (Seal)
Mary (her x) Boulds, Wm. Mills ~			    mark
On the back of the aforegoing, was as follows, towit, Saint Mary’s County, the 
5th day of May 1795.  Then came William Mills, one of the two Subscribing 
witness to the within last will & Testament of Lydia Reeves, late of Saint 
Mary’s County, deceased & make oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that 
he did See the Testatrix therein named, Sign & Seal this will, & that he heard 
her publish, pronounce, & declare the Same to be her last will & Testament, 
that at the time of her So doing, She was to the best of his apprehension, of 
Sound, & disposing mind, memory, & understanding, & that he Subscribed his 
name as a witness to this will in the presents & at the requeset of the 
Testatrix; and also that he did See Mary Boulds, the other witness Subscribe 
the Same, in the presents And at the request of the Said Testatrix ~
		Certified by	Jeremiah Jordan, Regr-wills
					for Saint Mary’s County

Saint Mary’s County, to wit, the 10th day of August, 1795, Then came John 
Mills, & make oath on the holy evangels of almight God, that the within 
instrument of writing, is the true & whole will & Testament of Lydia Reeves, 
late of Saint Mary’s County, deceased, that hath come to his hands or 
possession, & that he doth not know of any other ~
		Certified by	Jeremiah Jordan, Regr-wills
					for Saint Mary’s County


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